The Appeal to Reason

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The Appeal to Reason was a prominent early 20th-century American socialist newspaper known for its mass circulation and influential role in the U.S. left-wing movement.

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Appeal to Reason 6
The Appeal to Reason canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf periodical ⓘ
socialist newspaper ⓘ
associatedMovement American labor movement ⓘ
Socialist Party of America ⓘ
circulation over 500,000 copies weekly ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1922 ⓘ
distributionMethod mail-order subscription ⓘ
national circulation ⓘ
editor Fred Warren ⓘ
Julius Wayland ⓘ
format weekly newspaper ⓘ
founder Julius Wayland ⓘ
genre political newspaper ⓘ
radical press ⓘ
hasNotableFeature one of the highest-circulation socialist newspapers in U.S. history ⓘ
headquartersLocation Girard, Kansas ⓘ
historicalPeriod Progressive Era ⓘ
ideologicalFocus anti-capitalism ⓘ
industrial unionism ⓘ
working-class rights ⓘ
inception 1895 ⓘ
influenced U.S. socialist movement ⓘ
progressive-era reform debates ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedInTime early 20th century ⓘ
location Girard, Kansas ⓘ
notableCampaign exposés of corporate abuses ⓘ
support for Eugene V. Debs presidential campaigns ⓘ
notableContributor Eugene V. Debs ⓘ
Jack London ⓘ
Kate Richards O'Hare ⓘ
Mary Harris "Mother" Jones ⓘ
Upton Sinclair ⓘ
notablePublication serial publication of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" ⓘ
peakCirculationPeriod early 1910s ⓘ
politicalAlignment left-wing ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
publisher Julius Wayland ⓘ
reasonForDecline World War I repression of radicals ⓘ
internal financial difficulties ⓘ
subjectOf historical studies of American radical press ⓘ
successor The New Appeal ⓘ
targetAudience American working class ⓘ
farmers and industrial workers ⓘ

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Socialist Party of America → hadPublication → The Appeal to Reason ⓘ
The Jungle → firstPublishedIn → Appeal to Reason ⓘ
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Fred Warren → notableWork → Appeal to Reason ⓘ
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Fred Warren → employer → Appeal to Reason ⓘ
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The New Appeal → follows → Appeal to Reason ⓘ
linked to: The Appeal to Reason
The New Appeal → hasPredecessor → Appeal to Reason ⓘ
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The New Appeal → inspiredBy → Appeal to Reason ⓘ
linked to: The Appeal to Reason
The Iron Heel → firstPublishedIn → The Appeal to Reason ⓘ